Explore Truncheon through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like nightstick or baton. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Truncheon meaning
- A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
- A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
- A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
Synonyms of Truncheon
Using Truncheon
- The main meaning on this page is: A short staff, a club; a cudgel. | A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer. | A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
- Useful related words include: nightstick, baton, billy, billystick.
- In the example corpus, truncheon often appears in combinations such as: with truncheon, truncheon and.
Context around Truncheon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Truncheon
- In this selection, "truncheon" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wooden, crashed and blows stand out and add context to how "truncheon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a wooden truncheon and a and and the truncheon crashed down. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "truncheon" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with truncheon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Most had suffered head injuries from rubber bullets or truncheon blows. (11 words)
I raised my right fist to protect my skull and the truncheon crashed down. (14 words)
He claims that Caselain pulled down his trousers and raped him with a truncheon, a charge that has been dropped. (20 words)
To appear neutral, the uniform was deliberately manufactured in blue, rather than red which was then a military colour, along with the officers being armed only with a wooden truncheon and a rattle to signal the need for assistance. (39 words)
A Black man beaten up by several French police officers said he is seeking justice after the publication of videos showing officers repeatedly punching him, using a truncheon and tear gas against him for no apparent reason. (37 words)
An AFP correspondent saw a man with a bleeding gash on his head and a swollen arm after being hit with a truncheon as he left a food outlet. (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
I raised my right fist to protect my skull and the truncheon crashed down.
He claims that Caselain pulled down his trousers and raped him with a truncheon, a charge that has been dropped.
A Black man beaten up by several French police officers said he is seeking justice after the publication of videos showing officers repeatedly punching him, using a truncheon and tear gas against him for no apparent reason.
An AFP correspondent saw a man with a bleeding gash on his head and a swollen arm after being hit with a truncheon as he left a food outlet.
Most had suffered head injuries from rubber bullets or truncheon blows.
Some military police forces, naval shore patrols, law enforcement and other groups used leather scabbards as a kind of truncheon.
The RGR carry the Queen's Truncheon in place of Colours. citation File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).
To appear neutral, the uniform was deliberately manufactured in blue, rather than red which was then a military colour, along with the officers being armed only with a wooden truncheon and a rattle to signal the need for assistance.
Common combinations with truncheon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: